7:1 And gathered together unto him are the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem,

7:2 and having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands -- that is, unwashed -- eating bread, they found fault;

7:3 for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, if they do not wash the hands to the wrist, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders,

7:4 and, `coming' from the market-place, if they do not baptize themselves, they do not eat; and many other things there are that they received to hold, baptisms of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and couches.

7:5 Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, `Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?'

7:6 and he answering said to them -- `Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honor Me, and their heart is far from Me;

7:7 and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings, commands of men;

7:8 for, having put away the command of God, ye hold the tradition of men, baptisms of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do.'

7:9 And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;

7:10 for Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, He who is speaking evil of father or mother -- let him die the death;

7:11 and ye say, If a man may say to father or to mother, Korban (that is, a gift), `is' whatever thou mayest be profited out of mine,

7:12 and no more do ye suffer him to do anything for his father or for his mother,

7:13 setting aside the word of God for your tradition that ye delivered; and many such like things ye do.'

7:14 And having called near all the multitude, he said to them, `Hearken to me, ye all, and understand;

7:15 there is nothing from without the man entering into him that is able to defile him, but the things coming out from him, those are the things defiling the man.

7:16 If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'

7:17 And when he entered into a house from the multitude, his disciples were questioning him about the simile,

7:18 and he saith to them, `So also ye are without understanding! Do ye not perceive that nothing from without entering into the man is able to defile him?

7:19 because it doth not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and into the drain it doth go out, purifying all the meats.'

7:20 And he said -- `That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man;

7:21 for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,